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Otto Frei was a Swiss wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [1]
Arbeit macht frei ( ) is a German phrase translated as "Work makes one free" or more idiomatically "Work sets you free" or "work liberates".
Kristin Otto is a former German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In long course, she held the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle events. Otto was also the first woman to swim the short course 100 meter backstroke in under a minute, doing so at an international short course meet at Indiana University in 1983.
Glenn Edgar Morris was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Colorado A&M — now known as Colorado State University — and played football as well as track and field. He was also an occasional actor, he portrayed Tarzan in Tarzan's Revenge.
Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Otto John Jelinek is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Switzerland, then to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948, following the Communist coup d'état when communists nationalized his father's cork and aluminium caps factory. Jelinek was appointed as ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic in August 2013.
Frei Paul Otto was a German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Otto Wahle was an Austrian-American swimmer who took part in two Summer Olympic Games and won a total of three medals. Wahle coached the men's US swim team at the 1912 Olympics, and the men's US water polo team at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.
Switzerland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 186 competitors, 178 men and 8 women, took part in 98 events in 19 sports.
Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 109 competitors, 93 men and 16 women, took part in 63 events in 12 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Eighty-seven competitors, 73 men and 14 women, took part in 55 events in 11 sports.
Otto Scheff, born Otto Sochaczewsky was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, lawyer, politician, and sports official who competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Otto Fickeisen was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1900 he was a crew member of the German boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours. Twelve years later he won the gold medal in the coxed fours as strokeman of the German team.
Otto Becker is a former German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000. Since January 2009 he is the coach of the German show jumping team.
Hans-Otto Schumacher was a West German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Shazam Sergeyevich Safin was a Soviet wrestler of Tatar heritage who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kochki-Pozharki, Nizhny Novgorod.
Sandra Frei is a snowboarder who represented Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross event, where she placed 11th. She also competed at the World Snowboard Championships in 2007 and 2009.
Sportsklubben Brage was a Norwegian multi-sports club from Trondheim.
Peter Frei is a Swiss former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Ratus Frei was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed for the Swiss national team at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He died in 1984.
Ann-Margreth Frei, Frei-Käck, or Frei-Hall, is a Swedish former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Nordic champion and a three-time Swedish national champion. She competed for Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, placing 21st.